SNEAK PREVIEW: Watch trailers from this week's movies

Thursday

May 29, 2014 at 12:00 PM

Check out the newest feature films.

By Al AlexanderFor the Patriot Ledger

A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST

Writer-director-actor Seth MacFarlane plays a sheepish sheep rancher who quickly learns the Wild West isn’t a safe place to be, especially after he falls for the wife (Charlize Theron) of an Irish outlaw (Liam Neeson). Amanda Seyfried, Sarah Silverman and Neil Patrick Harris co-star in a anachronistic comedy shaped in the mold of “Blazing Saddles.”

MALEFICENT

Angelina Jolie returns to acting to play the evil witch looking to put the kibosh on her teen nemesis (Elle Fanning) in the umpteenth telling of the legend of “Sleeping Beauty.” Brad Bird (“The Incredibles”) directs.

THE DANCE OF REALITY

Alejandro Jodorowsky (“El Topo”) returns to writing-directing for the first time in 23 years with a surreal autobiography about his experiences growing up as a Ukrainian-Jewish immigrant in Chile. Playing Jodorowsky is his son, Brontis.

CHINESE PUZZLE

A Parisian father (Romain Duris) travels to the U.S. in this French rom-com after the man’s estranged wife (Kelly Reilly) moves to New York with their two kids. Audrey Tautou (“Amélie”) and Cécile De France (“Hereafter”) co-star.